From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 512731DE3CF; Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:45:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1732297546; cv=none; b=hJprXxAgL15+90RT5I2NvCeNxGBipy+iiWTGk9wn3HkElhHS+dSMNg02HoP5G7iPIFrBdlwr/9Yxak2TCg62HRfuiGPgr2yA07FFnHO8m02GyA1j6YVseRFQdV5y8Z40gw5VBdcn3wKiQTgBGRRUtmSRYnZkJlir9f/eY724zik= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1732297546; c=relaxed/simple; bh=vo5DD1G4HjAe0fJgN8P4fzE9QAvxxL7XdNWAXnMCSD0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=o9s/yGKPr3DRgsd8MiQItYLqA7oNEOD8o/VHfAqLybhWGfwUQWw3/WANugsXYWuyTW9v2AJDR9PMO7izxYTuUGmUcrMEgQhm1tc5af+hKJbn+3ebYpwH1AIGFFuo63V4HB0w24a4M6nV/+OcVLcx4NN6KuWX6NC67/UD2fyNI+Y= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=dViaIwAC; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="dViaIwAC" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 6D11A403E5 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1732297544; bh=WPSuqGBXOdJi9AKpOIzbIVnx/Y85j5L193AofJsBr74=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=dViaIwACZ70Y65Lmsog2t5yeJ0Mq2lNfO3SwoYHD8C27nX8XDrUrsXAdbTK3S2HHS pmo3KNSDOEgHAkxq1wf0xmpDA01ZZymg4/FS+2fcyrLoKglZNyb+CtrfOxg+EStfYM ZNEolV/MFyph83DKhyN7upaBlbYM/+kUAwN+HmWcKI3lKfnhI84gdJbesT8LLsHIAt Lqni9luRvm4hL9ULMtwlci8q4A1LR+Z1ALxzynhZJsR4B35uFFPH14cInmcK8WFnHF W3tzhWWg/V/glcDS2XdOQzbfTa1IfaUTn0NCSxUllahBq/Gfi9wGG2hWkdfMG8FBUn /iylAglaH68TA== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:5e00:625::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6D11A403E5; Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:45:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Uwe =?utf-8?Q?Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= , Thomas Gleixner , Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Werner Sembach , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/licensing: Clarify wording about "GPL" and "Proprietary" In-Reply-To: <20241115103842.585207-2-ukleinek@kernel.org> References: <20241115103842.585207-2-ukleinek@kernel.org> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 10:45:43 -0700 Message-ID: <87iksf2md4.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Uwe Kleine-K=C3=B6nig writes: > There are currently some doubts about out-of-tree kernel modules licensed > under GPLv3 and if they are supposed to be able to use symbols exported > using EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. > > Clarify that "Proprietary" means anything non-GPL2 even though the > license might be an open source license. Also disambiguate "GPL > compatible" to "GPLv2 compatible". > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-K=C3=B6nig > --- > Hello, > > these are the locations that I found by a quick grep. If you spot a > document that needs similar updating, please tell. > > The change in license-rules.rst looks bigger than it actually is due to > changing where the line wrappings occur. With `git diff --word-diff` it > reduces to: > > "Proprietary" The module is under a proprietary licen= se. > {+"Proprietary" is to be understood onl= y as+} > {+ "The license is not compatible to GPLv2= ".+} > This string is solely for [-proprietary= -]{+non-GPL2 compatible+} > third party modules and cannot be used = for > > Best regards > Uwe > > Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst | 2 +- > Documentation/process/license-rules.rst | 18 ++++++++++-------- > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) There seem to be no objections, so I've applied this. Thanks, jon